Mythopoet
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A strong female character shouldn't have every aspect of a douche strong male character except for the gender. Which is what a lot of writers like to do. They like to have them muscular, badass and can beat everybody in a brawl. That's a male thing, not a female thing.
That's what gets me annoyed about strong female characters today. They literally take all the characteristics of an alpha male and apply it to a female and somehow that counts as being a strong female character. It's unrealistic to me and it takes me out of the immersion all the time.
Can you name me a few female characters that meet this description? From books, preferably. I've not encountered any that I can think of like this, personally.